Carpenter's wedge
The crossword clue "Carpenter's wedge" is answered by SHIM, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHIM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIM answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHIM, most used first.
- Leveling wedge - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Level - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Leveling device - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Thin wedge - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Leveling piece - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Adjust with a wedge - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Leveler - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Mason's wedge - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Wooden wedge - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Carpentry leveler - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Carpenter's groove - DADO, used 36 times
- Carpenter's clamp - VISE, used 19 times
- Carpenter's tool - ADZE, used 19 times
- ___ finder (carpenter's tool) - STUD, used 9 times
- Ammunition for a carpenter's gun - NAIL, used 8 times
- Carpenter's strip - LATH, used 8 times
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